ABSTRACT
Introduction When trafficking in women and children hits the headlines, prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation is the first association that comes to mind. The second may be children abducted and forced to participate in armed conflict. This chapter is not about these most extreme forms of trafficking in children, nor is it about the use of children in smuggling and other illicit activities. They are indisputable and terrible crimes and should be fought by all means available. Instead, this chapter takes a closer look at the vast gray zone between what may constitute child trafficking and what could represent other types of child mobility that both normatively and politically should be treated differently. That way the possibility for a more thoughtful process of defining the phenomenon is addressed.
